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Brockley Green S.E.4.is no more of that you can be certain. After some 10,000 miles attending 28 exhibitions in five different countries, it was considered to be time expired.
Now I present my second solo layout after being a part of various teams which I have directly built or had a hand in building some fourteen exhibition layouts over many  years for various members, ex-members and sections of the Hull Miniature Railway Society of which I am still an Hon. Vice President. Those layouts included,"North Wirral",  “Rushenden (Metals) Ltd.”, “Chessington (Chalk Lane)”, for the Hull M.R.S. then “Walker Marine”. and "Market Weighton" for the C.S.I. group. I also assisted in building “Culreoch (A layout in six weeks)", "Castle Hill (A train set in six weeks) and "St. Minions".(A layout in six feet). Then I branched out for the East Riding Fine Scale Modellers into 0 gauge with, “Hospital Gates", and back to 00 with a layout built by the East Riding Fine Scale Group for Bachmann UK and installed in the retail shop at the NRM, York. It's name is "Bachmann St. Giles."
Now read on    Meopham East Junction is a continuous run fine scale 00 layout powered by DCC with the Roco Multimaus system. It is free standing, having it's own lights. The principal dimensions are 17 feet 9 inches (5.4M) long X 10 feet (3.048M) deep. These are the absolute minimum and extra should be allowed for erection and maintenance access.The public will have viewing access to almost all of the front long side it should be noted.
 The floor diagram is provided for that purpose only and should not be scaled from. The electrical loading is around 300 watts and therefore, only one 13 amp socket is required.
A small private van is used for transport at the moment, as of July 2011, however the right is reserved to change to the use of a commercial van hire company should the need arise. Therefore, at the moment, there will be no van rental charges, only a preagreed charge for fuel for it and a car, based on the distance travelled plus a small charge to help with running costs (insurance, road tax, wear and tear, etc).
Two day shows will require a set up on the Friday evening and due to the advancing age of some of the operators, easy access to exhibition halls is requested. No staircases please!  One-day shows will only be considered (outside of the Hull area) if the previous night’s accommodation and set up time is offered.
There are now FOUR (4) operators and we would always require TWO (2) twin bedded  accommodation in at least a B & B.
                 The layout is valued for insurance purposes at £15,000
It should be noted that some of the photographs have had minor digital enhancement to remove unwanted blemishes.


Enquires should only be addressed to:-  johnwass@thewheel.karoo.co.uk